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First of all, post#11 does not clearly state do the process in recovery environment. The post says "repair your computer -> command prompt. As I stated in my original post for help, I am not a tech expert. Post#11 assumes I know how to start this process and I clearly do not. I need help, not to be chastised.

Second, when I press F8 and choose Repair System, a message box called System Recovery Options opens and tells me that "To access the command prompt as well, log on using an administrator account." Again, I cannot do this because my admin profile "cannot be loaded".

Second, when I press F8 and choose Repair System, a message box called System Recovery Options opens and tells me that "To access the command prompt as well, log on using an administrator account." Again, I cannot do this because my admin profile "cannot be loaded".

Can't you login under your normal accountname in recovery environment?

Second, when I press F8 and choose Repair System, a message box called System Recovery Options opens and tells me that "To access the command prompt as well, log on using an administrator account." Again, I cannot do this because my admin profile "cannot be loaded".

Can't you login under your normal accountname in recovery environment?

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